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Auction: 22018 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part One
Lot: 53

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
One Penny Lettersheet
A34, 1841 (13 Feb.) wrapper addressed to London, cancelled by two neat strikes of the rare dull grey-blue Maltese Cross of Newcastle on Tyne, the reverse with matching despatch c.d.s. in the same colour and London arrival (19.2) c.d.s.; light creasing which does not detract from this most appealing exhibition item. The only known double strike of a blue cross on a Mulready. B.P.A. Certificate (2010). S.G. MEg1vc, £28,000. Photo

provenance:
Louis Grunin, April 1998

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Sold for
£21,000

Starting price
£2000